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Résumé :
Introduction - Manchester: seeing like a city Atmospheres Spirit - Morag Rose Feel - Sean R. Mills Corridor - Sarah Butler Chimney - Jonathan Silver Night - Nick Dunn Moors - Cassie Britland Monuments Statue - Natalie Bradbury Museum - Jonathan Silver Shopping centre - Martin Dodge Stained glass - Clare Hartwell Sculpture - Natalie Bradbury Movement Exchange - Steve Hanson Stone - Tim Edensor Ring road - Nick Dunn Loop - Natalie Bradbury Bus stop - Peter Kalu Walk - Morag Rose Work Cotton - Martin Dodge Brick - James Thorp Co-op - Natalie Bradbury Newspaper - Natalie Bradbury Car wash - Peter Kalu Relics Medieval - Clare Hartwell Railway - Brian Rosa Stadium - Tim Edensor Hair - Jenna C. Ashton Baths - Matthew Steele Underworlds Sewer - Peter Kalu Arches - Brian Rosa Grave - Cassie Britland Violence - Andrew McMillan Prison - Cassie Britland Dregs Dye - James Thorp Arsenic - Becky Alexis-Martin Shadows - Nick Dunn Rhythm - Joanne Hudson Ruins - Tim Edensor Redundant - Matthew Steele Secrets Facade - Steve Hanson Cloister - Clare Archibald Thread - Jenna C. Ashton Radium - Becky Alexis-Martin Passage - Paul Dobraszczyk Cobble - Tim Edensor Nature Wildscape - Joanne Hudson Edges - Nick Dunn Ginkgo - Becky Alexis-Martin Canal - Morag Rose Gardens - Matthew Steele Destruction Flower - Sarah Sayeed Bee - Paul Dobraszczyk Riot - Sarah Butler Atom - Steve Hanson Tudor - Paul Dobraszczyk Home Homeless - Steve Hanson B&B - Sarah Butler Synagogue - Jonathan Silver Mosque - Qaisra Shahraz Immigrant - Qaisra Shahraz Laundrette - Peter Kalu Notes on contributors Photo acknowledgements Index...

Biographie:
Paul Dobraszczyk is a researcher and writer based in Manchester and a Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. He is the author of Future Cities: Architecture and the Imagination (2019) and The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay (2017). Sarah Butler is a novelist and Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Jack & Bet (2020) and Ten Things I've Learnt About Love: A Novel (2014) and explores the relationship between writing and place through her consultancy UrbanWords....

Sommaire:
What is Manchester? Moving far from the glitzy shopping districts and architectural showpieces, away from cool city-centre living and modish cultural centres, this book shows us the unheralded, under-appreciated and overlooked parts of Greater Manchester in which the majority of Mancunians live, work and play. It tells the story of the city thematically, using concepts such a 'material', 'atmosphere', 'waste', 'movement' and 'underworld' to challenge our understanding of the quintessential post-industrial metropolis. Bringing together contributions from twenty-five poets, academics, writers, novelists, historians, architects and artists from across the region alongside a range of captivating photographs, this book explores the history of Manchester through its chimneys, cobblestones, ginnels and graves. This wide-ranging and inclusive approach reveals a host of idiosyncrasies, hidden spaces and stories that have until now been neglected....